Analysis of When My Heart Does Not Feel Right
When my heart does not feel right,
Sinful still and prone to fight,
Bad, impure, not shining light,
Be, dear Lord, its guiding light.
When my heart feels vile with blight,
Wants to wound, not suffer slights,
Seems it can’t do any right,
Lift it, Lord, to newer heights.
‘Til the day my soul takes flight,
Clean it Lord, make it contrite.
Teach it how to love not spite,
Be, dear Lord, its guiding light.
While I wait to be made right,
Send more hearts into Your light,
Clean them too and make them bright.
Lift them, Lord, to newer heights.
| Scheme | aaaA abab aaaA aaab |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1111111 1010111 1011101 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111101 1111101 1011111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111111 1110111 1110111 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 547 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem while feeling discouraged at how far short I often fall at living my Christian beliefs.
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Written on January 18, 2023
Submitted by tanyas.74554 on January 17, 2023
Modified on March 15, 2023
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